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Yes, the patient may experience anal pruritus or the worm may be observed crawling on the surface of the stool. The worm show the anterior alae and an empty caudal section. The middle part of the body is typically filled with ova.Enterobius vermicularis is still with us as long as the ova are shared usually involuntarily.

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